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The Best Attractions In Oamaru

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Oamaru is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connect it to both cities. With a population of 13,950, Oamaru is the 28th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the third largest in Otago behind Dunedin and Queenstown. The name Oamaru derives from the Māori and can be translated as the place of Maru . The identity of Maru remains open to conjecture.
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The Best Attractions In Oamaru

  • 1. Moeraki Boulders Oamaru
    Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railway line, the Moeraki Branch, was built to the settlement and opened in 1877. However, the port could not compete with Oamaru and the lack of traffic as well as stability problems caused by difficult terrain led to the closure of the railway in 1879 after only two years of operation. The village is best known for the nearby Moeraki Boulders.
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  • 2. Steampunk HQ Oamaru
    Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Although its literary origins are sometimes associated with the cyberpunk genre, steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American Wild West, in a future during which steam power has maintained mainstream usage, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. However, steampunk and Neo-Victorian are different in that the Neo-Victorian movement does not extrapolate on technology and embraces the positive aspects of the Victorian era's culture and philosophy.Steampunk most recognizably features anachronistic technologies or retrofuturistic inventions...
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  • 4. Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail Oamaru
    The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail is a cycle trail funded as one of the projects of the New Zealand Cycle Trail. The trail extends more than 300 kilometres from Aoraki / Mount Cook to Oamaru on the Pacific Ocean. The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail allows cyclists to experience beautiful scenery. Suitable for all ages, the trail is an easy grade, and offers a mix of on and off-road trails. Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail is a 301km trail from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean. This is New Zealand, in all its colour and beauty – from the highest mountain, past great lakes and rivers, down to the ocean. Suitable for all ages, the 8 section trail is an easy to intermediate grade, offering a pleasing mix of on and off-road trails. Allow four to six days for the entire ride, or simply try out a day excursi...
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  • 8. Oamaru Public Gardens Oamaru
    The Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society was formed in 1985 to preserve PWD 535. Since establishment the Society has acquired and preserved Hudswell Clarke built 0-4-0ST B10 of 1924 from the Pukeuri Alliance Freezing Works, a Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns shunter No.7908 of 1962 from the Pukeuri Alliance Freezing Works and TR 35 of 1939 from the New Zealand Railways Corporation. The society also currently has DSA 234 on loan to them by one of their members. The railway is located in Oamaru's Historic Precinct, utilising a portion of the former New Zealand Railways Oamaru yard. Train travels every Sunday from Harbourside Station to the bottom of clay cliffs , alongside Oamaru's Victorian Harbour.
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  • 14. Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony Oamaru
    Oamaru is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connect it to both cities. With a population of 13,950, Oamaru is the 28th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the third largest in Otago behind Dunedin and Queenstown. The name Oamaru derives from the Māori and can be translated as the place of Maru . The identity of Maru remains open to conjecture.
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